THE SAND AND STONE STORY

THIS STORY TELLS OF TWO FRIENDS,

AMANDA AND MARGOT,

WHO WERE WALKING TOGETHER ON

THE EDGE OF THE SAHARA

DESERT IN NORTH AFRICA.

DURING SOME POINT OF THE JOURNEY,

THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT AND

MARGOT SLAPPED THE OTHER

ONE IN THE FACE.

MANDY, WHO GOT SLAPPED,

WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING,

SHE WROTE IN THE SAND,

'TODAY MY BEST FRIEND,

MARGOT, SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.'

THEY KEPT ON WALKING, UNTIL

THEY FOUND AN OASIS,

WHERE THEY DECIDED TO TAKE A BATH.

MANDY WHO HAD BEEN SLAPPED,

GOT STUCK IN THE MIRE AND

STARTED DROWNING,

NATURALLY HER FRIEND, MARGOT,

SAVED HER BY PULLING HER

OUT OF THE QUICKSAND.

AFTER SHE RECOVERED

FROM THE NEAR DROWNING,

MANDY WROTE ON A STONE,

'TODAY, MY BEST FRIEND MARGOT

SAVED MY LIFE.'

MARGOT WHO HAD SLAPPED

AND SAVED HER BEST FRIEND,

ASKED MANDY, 'AFTER I HURT YOU,

YOU WROTE IN THE SAND, AND NOW,

YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?'

MANDY REPLIED WITH A

KNOWING SMILE,

'WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US,

WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN IN SAND,

WHERE THE WINDS OF

FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT,

BUT WHEN SOMEONE DOES

SOMETHING GOOD FOR US,

WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE,

SO NO WIND CAN EVER ERASE IT.'